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portentous [pɔ:ˈtentəs, Am pɔ:rˈtent̬əs] ADJ

1. portentous form (signifying something to come):

portentous
portentous expression
portentous look

2. portentous abw (pompous and overly serious):

portentous
portentous

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Englisch
It is quite incredible how lightly portentous decisions were taken.
nation.com.pk
In the paranoid fantasies of the accidental children's author, every phone call is portentous; every creak, bump or shadow a potential predator.
exclaim.ca
Other effects include dramatic shadows, portentous superimpositions and moody sequences in which the camera glides through corridors with billowing curtains.
en.wikipedia.org
For long, portentous stretches, no one is around.
www.nybooks.com
If this seems a little thin for a two-hour movie, believe me, it is, even with all that portentous music trying to make it seem momentous.
en.wikipedia.org
Despite the portentous expectations of his candidacy, relatively few demands for racial justice were ever made of him.
www.thenation.com
Portentous discourses of fire alternated with choral renderings.
en.wikipedia.org
His probing comes across as less portentous now, encased in a lyrical flow of playful sensuality.
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We are confronted with portentous problems which can not be solved just by providing for our material existence, however abundantly.
en.wikipedia.org
This rationalization did not match the portentous significance of the event, however.
en.wikipedia.org

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